Munster Team Talk Thread - Beirne After Reading

I agree that the officiating in the league is poor. However it's interesting that Friend has mentioned this through the media, especially after the Erasmus fiasco. Now to be fair Friend hasn't issued an hour long video condemning the official's performance but he has voiced hope that their are repercussions for the TMO who missed the offside. He needs to be careful. The league might not be too tolerant, especially given the effort gone into rebranding.

The same poster must be absolutely outraged by Johnny McNicholl's late tackle on Ben Healy last week. Shame he didn't mention it. I wonder why.

"I hope something happens to the TMO". To be fair that's far more explicit that anything Erasmus said. I don't disagree with the sentiment and I don't for one minute think that Beirne was onside but Friend ought to tread carefully. Managers criticising officials won't be tolerated, regardless of whether they have good reason.

Taken in isolation yeah, but taken with everything else

He's just talking about the review process. Gerry Thornley was on the Craggy podcast and said he didn't think Friend had said anything that would get him in bother.

I mean whether taken in isolation or within the broader context of his reply he still said be believes the TMO should face consequences for his performance. He's calling the TMO's judgement into question. Now don't get me wrong, he's spot on about the officiating and Beirne was well offside. However, officials are somewhat of a protected species and it's not a smart move being overly critical in public, especially in light of the Erasmus blow-up.

I don't disagree with Friend's misgivings, I just think he should exercise a bit more caution. There's also the fact that Connacht took the lead after the disputed try. They were leading with less than 10 to go. Their issues with restarts were as much a factor in the loss as poor officiating.

Think Connacht would be better off winning the easy games, than whining the tough ones :D

This poor me attitude is really getting old.

Oi Connacht! Go look for a sugar daddy, get some signings, stop losing easy games and clean your room! :D

OK so not a great start to this season but last year pro14 connacht had 8 wins and 8 losses and even a few of those losses were very tight games, so this myth that Connacht are only good for a few games is untrue. They do lack consistency is somewhat true